Improved pen and pencil case



I i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB J. LOWNDS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEDP'EN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll,752, dated October3, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. LOWNDS, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new andlmproved Extension Pen and Pencil Case;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an externalView of the case, the pen and pencil being drawn within it. Fig. 2 isalso an external View of the case, the pen being forced out from thecase, and also the pencil and slide at the opposite end of the case.Fig. 3 is a detached view of the tube which is attached to the interiorof the case. Fig. 4 is a detached View of the pencil and slide tubes,the pencil-tube being within the slide-tube. Fig. 5 is a view of thepencil and slide tubes inserted within the station ary tube which issecured within the case. Fig. 6 is the same view as Fig. 5, the pen andpencil slides being extended from the stationary tube. Fig. 7 is adetached view of the penslide tube. Fig. 8 is a detached View of thepen-holder. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section ofthe case, showing theworking parts therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to a new and improved extension pen and pencilcase; and it consists in a peculiar construct-ion and arrangement of thepen and pencil tubes and slides, whereby the case is made to containboth the pen and pencil, and the use of either allowed separatelyWithout at all interfering with each other, and at the same timeallowing the case to be extended or lengthened when in use and shortenedand rendered portable when the pen and pencil are drawn within it.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Figs. l and 2, represents the case of the implement, which is asimple tube, either plain or ornamental on its outer side, and having atube ct secured permanently within it, said tube ct being considerablysmaller in diameter than the case A, as shown clearly in Fig. 9. Thetube ot is of t-he same length as the case A, and is secured to the caseby soldering a flange or projection b,` which is i attached to the tube,to the inner side of the tion of their sides cut off at their lowerends, i

as shown at f g, Fig. 4, and these lower ends are somewhatspread out orexpanded,mthe purpose of whichwill be hereinafter explained.

The tube B, with the pencil-tube C within K it, is fitted within thestationary or permanent tube a, the spur or projection eof thepenciltube [itting in a sloth in the tube a, said slot h having a notchor recess t' at its upper end, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 9. On theupper end of the tube B asmall button j is secured, which button issoldered to the interior of a tubular slide D, and at its upper end theslide D lits or works within the case A and between the case A and thestationary or permarient tube tt. (See Fig. 9.)

From the above description of parts it will readily be seen that thepencil-tube C is moved out from the case by operating the tubular slideD, for when the slide D is drawn out the pencil-tube moves with it, asthe spur or projection e of the pencil-tube is at the bottom of the slotc, and when the tube B, slide D, and pencil-tube are drawn out from thecase theslide D is turned to the left, so as to throw the spur orprojection e of the pencil-tube in the notch or recess t at the upperpart of the slot h in the stationary or permanent tube a, and the slideD and tube B are then forced within the case A, leaving the pencil-tubefully exposed. By having the lower ends of the pencil-tube C and tube Bexpanded the pencil-tube ts snugly within the tube B, and the tube Balso ts snugly within the stationary or permanent tube a, and allunnecessary play or loosen'ess of the parts is avoided. l

E, Figs. 7 and 9, is a tube which works over` the stationary orpermanent tube at Within the case A. This tube E is provided with a slotk, having a notch or recess Z at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 7.

F, Figs. 8 and 9, is the pen-holder, having the pen G attached to it.The pen-'holder is of semi-tubular form and is lfitted over the tube E,as shown in Fig. 9, a spur m (see Fig. 8) on the inner side of the holder fitting Within the slot 7c in the tube E.

H is a tubular slide secured to the tube E in the same manner as theslide D of the pencil arrangement is secured to the tube B. The end ofthis slide has a semicircular slot cut through it to allow'the pen topass through, and a reserve n for pencil-leads is also placed in thecenter of the slide. (See Fig. 9.) The pen is drawn from the case andforced Within it in the same manner as the pencil, and both parts areprecisely similar in construction, with the exception that the pen-tubesare placed over the stationary or permanent tube a instead of Within it,and the ends of the tube E and pen-holder F are contracted instead ofbeing expanded. This alteration is drawn out, and the case is therebylengthened, as shown in Fig. 2. The several parts are not crowded, andthey may b e made m uch stronger and more durable than those cases Wherethe pen and pencil are at the same end.

I am aware that pencil-cases With slotted tubes have been previouslyused, although differently arranged from the one herein shown.

I do not claim, therefore, the slotted tubes irrespective of the precisearrangement as herein described; but Y f What I do claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The slotted tubes a B E and pencil-tube C and pen-holder F, arranged asherein shown, viz: the tubes b C having enlarged or expanded ends andthe tube E and penholder F having contracted ends for the purpose ofcausing the tubes, pen-holder, and

pencil-slide to Work snugly and Without unn necessary play or looseness,as set forth.

JAC. J. LOWNDS. Witnesses:

O. D. MUNN, JNO. A. CLUssMAN.

